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Chelsea U23 include Kenedy, Miazga in defeat to Woking

Chelsea U23 coach Andy Myers was happy with their hit-out against Woking yesterday.

The match finished 4-3 to Woking as Myers included Matt Miazga, Kenedy and Armando Broja among his starters, alongside more regular faces such as Thierno Ballo, Bashir Humphreys and Harvey Vale.

"It was a really good test for us because we were a lot younger than we have been so far in pre-season," he told Chelsea's website after the game.

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"We had a couple of loan players in the first half and you could see the difference in the result with us being 3-0 up at half-time.

"It was a good reflection of what will come for these boys in the EFL Trophy, which starts for us in a couple of weeks at Exeter, in that you've got to be good on the ball, tactically understand, physically press, and maybe we're not quite there yet but it was good for them to experience that.

"They can answer the questions and then we have to rebuild because we go again on Tuesday against Boreham Wood, another National League team. It will be good to see what they learn from this game, to see what they can try to correct against another strong opponent, but the more these boys have these experiences, the better they will be for it."

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